The Assassin of Venice: A Novel

A Renaissance Courtesan Must Choose Between Love And Duty In This High Stakes 16Th-Century Mystery, Perfect For Fans Of Madeline Hunter And Rhys Bowen.Valentina Riccardi Is Many Things: Beautiful, Cultured, Deadly. As One Of VeniceS Famous Courtesans, SheS Perfectly Positioned To Seduce Powerful Men, Get Them Alone, And Assassinate Them. Spies. Traitors. Who They Are DoesnT Matter-Only That They Made An Enemy Of The Council Of Ten, The Shadowy And Seemingly Omniscient Power From Which Valentina Takes Her Orders Without Question.Venice Is Her Home, And After Losing Everything Once Before To An Invading Army, There Is Nothing She WonT Do To Protect Her City, For There Is Nothing She Loves More.Almost Nothing.She Vowed To Never Fall In Love Again, But Valentina CanT Help But Give Her Heart To Bastiano Bragadin, A Fellow Assassin. But When Bastiano Starts Asking The Wrong Questions, Valentina Receives A New Assignment: Kill Him.Yet The More Valentina Learns About The Council Of Ten, The More She Wonders If They Are Truly Acting In The Interest Of The Venetian State, Or Using Her For Their Own Dark Ambitions. If Valentina Is To Save Bastiano, She Must Untangle Their Conspiracy-With The Help Of Her Fellow Courtesans-Before ItS Too Late.The Assassin Of Venice Is A Captivating, Sensual, High Stakes Read That Brings 16Th-Century Venice To Life, And Draws On The Fascinating Real History Of Both Venetian Cortigiane Oneste-Honest Courtesans-And Renaissance VeniceS Sprawling Intelligence Service.